Why can't Mail create POP account type?

Version 8.2 seems to allow only IMAP.
But I want POP for my new email address.
What am I missing?

In mail:
Mail -> Add Account...
Select "Add Other Mail Account..." and click "Continue".
Fill in the account details in the next dialog. When you've done that, hold down the Option/Alt key. The "Create" button will change to "Next". While still holding Option, click "Next".
In the next dialog you will be able to select either IMAP or POP for the incoming mail server. Don't you just love Apple's way of making things "simple" sometimes?
As Kirk says, though, if your email provider doesn't offer a POP server you will be stuck with IMAP.

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No. It does not exist because "many people prefer it". It exists because email providers simply haven't killed off that service yet. POP3 is ancient. It was never designed to be used with multiple devices. You stand a higher chance of losing information when it doesn't play nice with the 'leave messages on server after download' request, which was tacked on to the standard as an afterthought, than you do using IMAP or Exchange protocols.
The only reason it still exists at all is because it doesn't cost the providers anything to leave it turned on. It's there. It "works", more or less... why bother disabling it?
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2. No, IMAP retrieval is not "glitchy". That's a problem with your email provider. Not IMAP.
3. False. Your perception of it may be different, but POP3 is not inherently "faster" than IMAP.
4. Or you could you know... just make backups on a regular basis.
I use multiple gmail accounts (IMAP), and multiple Exchange accounts. Having to manually manage those on multiple devices would be a nightmare. I don't want to have to delete or file something more than once. Life's too short to waste time like that.

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